Open your custom instructions instantly
keyboard shortcuts
// what it does
Ctrl+Shift+I (Cmd+Shift+I) jumps straight to the Custom Instructions panel so you can adjust how ChatGPT talks to you — tone, format, what it should assume about you — without digging through Settings. Changes apply immediately to all chats, including ones already open.
// shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+I
// gotcha
Custom instructions are not the same as memory. Instructions are a fixed block you write and control; memory is details ChatGPT saves automatically from conversations. Editing one does not change the other.